1.Slimy Sin:
2.Get Rid of the Sin:
Divide the room down the middle using masking tape. Divide the class in half, and put them on opposite sides of the division. Give each side 25 paper wads. Instruct the teams that their job is to get as many of the paper wads or “sins” off of their sides and onto the other team’s side. Allow teams to play for 4-5 minutes before calling time. Count how many paper wads each team has. Say: Just like this game, it is impossible for us to ever get rid of all of our sin all by ourselves. As much as we try to just stop doing bad things, we keep messing up. We have a sinful nature, or a part of us that always leads us to sin, because of the very first sin by the first people that God created.
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3.Tricky Kool-aid:
Display tray of cups with Kool-aid made with salt instead of sugar. Offer the kids a cup (make sure they’re on the tile and near the sink). Allow them to drink the Kool-aid and express their disgust. Ask: What’s wrong with the Kool-aid? It looks like normal Kool-aid. Are you sure that there is nothing wrong with it? How can it be bad if it looks ok? Sometimes Satan tricks us with sin in the same way. It looks great on the outside, but it really is bad for us.
4.Dominoes:
Tape shapes down on the floor .As the students enter, assign them to a shape. Have them work together as a group to line the dominoes up along the tape. After the dominoes are set up, allow one student to tap lightly the first domino, and watch them make all the dominoes fall. Try to do this several times (if time allows) to allow several different students a chance to knock them down. Talk with the children about the fact that one sin leads to others, and pretty soon, it is hard to stop. Also, you could have a discussion about the idea that my sin does affect others. Explain that today we are going to hear a story that tells about the first sin and how it affected those people. We will also talk about how sinning affects God.
5.Big and Little Sin:
Have a child stand on a chair and drop two oranges from the same height at the same time. Observe what happens at the floor level (cover the floor with newspaper). This is the “control” part of the experiment. Then have a child stand on a chair and drop an orange and a grape (or pea) from the same height at the same time. Observe what happens at the floor level. They should hit at the same time as gravity pulls things, at the same rate even if they are not the same size. Explain to the students that sins whether they are big or small are still sins in God’s eyes, and we need to confess them. Adam and Eve’s sin affected all of mankind, but it was no bigger sin in God’s eyes than a lie today or something else.
6.All Fall Short:
Place two pieces of masking tape far enough apart that it would be impossible for students to jump from one to the other. Allow students to take turns attempting to jump from one mark to the other. Explain that this is exactly what the memory verse is talking about. We “fall short of God’s glory” because of our sin. No matter what we do, we can’t be good enough. Our sin keeps us from God’s perfect standard. Read Romans 6:23. Explain that the Bible says we deserve to die and not go to heaven because we can’t reach that mark. But God gives us the gift of eternal life when we trust in Jesus
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